Throwback Thursday: Basketball Players Putting on Makeup
Basketball season is in full swing and we’re celebrating with this week’s #ThrowbackThursday! In this week’s 8″ x 10″ black and white acetate negative, we have two young women, in basketball uniforms,...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: Winter School Day
Happy #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! This week’s black and white photograph was taken by John Nelson. It is published and owned by History Nebraska. John Nelson was born in Sweden, in...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: Aerial view of Camp Atlanta
Happy #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! This week, we have a 5″ x 3.5″ black and white photograph showing the aerial view of Camp Atlanta. It served as a prisoner of war camp for German...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: Students at Union College
This week’s #ThrowbackThursday is hitting the books! This week, we have a 5-1/2″ x 3-1/4″ black and white photograph of Union College students studying in the library. The library was housed in the...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: Lt John J Pershing and Staff
It’s time for another #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! In 1891, Lt. John J. Pershing took the position of Professor of Military Science and Tactics at the University of Nebraska. He also...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: D. Eiche Firestone Service
Happy #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! This week, we have an interior view of D. Eiche Firestone Service located on the southwest corner of 12th and N Streets in Lincoln. According to Polk’s...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: Loomis Basketball Team, 1916
Boys state basketball is underway and we’re celebrating with this week’s #ThrowbackThursday! Today, we have a 5″ x 7″ black and white photograph of the Loomis High School basketball team in 1916. In...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: Race Meet Day, Main Street, Neligh, August 1912
Happy #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! This week’s black and white image was created by Frank Bauman. It is published and owned by the Antelope County Historical Society. Located in Neligh,...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: Sacred Heart Academy
It’s time for another #ThrowbackThursday from the Nebraska Memories archive! 110 years ago, a devastating tornado hit Omaha, Nebraska. This week’s image shows the aftermath of that storm and the...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: Damn Yankees
Happy #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! This week’s #throwback features a black and white publicity photo from the musical “Damn Yankees” written by Richard Adler. This image was captured...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: Capitol Ave. Park
It’s time for another #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! This week, we have a late 1800s black and white photograph of Capitol Avenue Park, looking west. This image was created by George Heyn....
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: McKinley Library Club
Happy #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! This week, we have a 9 1/2″ x 7 3/4″ black and white photograph of the McKinley Library Club standing on the school’s front steps in April of 1914....
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: A to Z Dress Shop
It’s time for another #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! This week, we have a 4″ x 5″ acetate negative of the interior of A to Z Dress Shop, located in David City. This image is part of the...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: Pilot
Look what we found on the Nebraska Memories archive! This week’s #ThrowbackThursday features a black and white photograph of a male pilot standing next to an airplane. This early 1900s image is...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: Automobile at Elmwood Park
Happy #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! In this black and white photograph, three people are seated in a Velie automobile in front of a pavilion at Elmwood Park, located at 802 S. 60th Street...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: Illinois Street, Sidney, NE
It’s time for another #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! This week, we have a 5 3/8″ x 3 1/2″ postcard of Illinois Street in Sidney, Nebraska. This main street is lined with many businesses...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: Beet Field
Check out what we found on the Nebraska Memories archive! This #ThrowbackThursday shows a long line of boys standing in a beet field at the Nebraska State Industrial School in Kearney. In addition to...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: Aerial View of Wayne State College
Happy #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! This week, we have a black and white photograph of the Wayne State College campus in 1950. This image is published and owned by Wayne State College....
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: Summer School
It’s time for another #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! Pictured in this week’s #Throwback are some students attending Summer School at the Nebraska State School at Kearney in the early...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: John Neihardt and Mamie McCorkindale
Happy #ThrowbackThursday from Nebraska Memories! This black and white photograph features Mamie McCorkindale and John Neihardt. It is published and owned by Wayne State College. One of three state...
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